Fsoss 2016 backend planning

FSOSS Backend

Change domain

• just fsoss.ca not fsoss.senecac.on.ca

Submit proposals

• Need to have a description field and a blurb(small low limit of characters)

Mobile First

• Design for use of mobile first
• Make sure all things work on mobile

Announcements

• timed announcements that can be updated

Banner

• allow for images and text
• main page
• what is the content
• difference be

Multiple types of Accounts

Administrator

• someone who has access to all the data on the site

speakers

• can only modify their talks

editor

• change content on site and theme or colours or layout?

reviewer

• ability to approve and unapprove talks
• decide which talks are accepted

Schedule

• Consists of 2 days
• 1-6 tracks(parallel talks)
• keynote and lunch run through all tracks
• each track has a room number
• each track contains multiple sessions
• each session has start and end time(start time + 50 minutes)
• span event that goes through all events

Pamphlet

• print ready website
• auto generate of the pamphlet from the schedule
• back to back 4 slots
• talks must have character restricted titles(for pamphlet generation)
• auto generates a pdf that has 2 copies on one page
• Schedules auto generated
• CDOT blob can be auto generated(icon and description)
• auto generate 2-3 pages talk descriptions and titles
• sponsors page is an image

Front Pages

• Front page(title page)(not auto generate)
• 2 schedule pages worth of schedules
• about CDOT page

Back pages

• sponsor page
• multiple talk description
• follow us page

Theme

Theme Forest

• cheap themes($10-$20?)
• lots of options for events layouts(entertainment)
• can customize some things

Django

Framework

• Easy to change content
• Reused year after year
• easy to build/add functionality

Admin views

• generate lists(emails, approved speakers, unapproved speakers)

Speakers views

• status of approval